Discussion: Report: Fox Chief Roger Ailes Says He's ‘Finished With Rubio’

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Does Fox control the GOP or does the GOP control Fox?

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Why is a conversation like this coming from the head of a ‘news’ organization. I know why: it’s a rhetorical question. Real news organizations should not be in the business of getting behind a particular candidate or party.

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Shorter: “Rubio does not make me money. There are others who make make me boatloads.”

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Yes.

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Ut oh…the king maker has spoken. The wooden puppet’s time is over.

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This one decision by Roger Ailes is going to doom Rubio’s campaign. Ditch McConnell, the Kochheads and the vampire squid should pull their funding.

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Wow, Roger, you’re really on the ball.

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You know – fair and balanced.

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Ailes trashes little Marco for not being able to clean up the mess (Trump) Ailes/Fox made.

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It has come to this that the head of a “news” organization can declare that he is, essentially, against a candidate in something not labelled an editorial?

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Mess with the fat man behind the Fox curtain at your own peril.

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They’ve been anti-Democrat since their inception. So…I think you’re a bit behind the times on that complaints there.

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First there’s this story:

After Politico reporter Marc Caputo tweeted quotes from an anonymous Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) staffer calling Fox News’ Sean Hannity a “fucking asshole,” the conservative pundit took to Twitter to hurl insults at the journalist.

Then there’s this:

“We’re finished with Rubio,” Ailes allegedly told an unnamed Fox host, according to the report. “We can’t do the Rubio thing anymore.”

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What’s a fair & balanced network do?

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Report: Fox Chief Ailes Tellers Host: “We Can’t Do The Rubio Thing Anymore.”

“Tellers”? Is that a new verb?

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Duh. But Rubio ain’t a Democrat and to make a public statement like Ailes did is out of character for Fox, which would usually employ nakedly biased “news” stories or talk show denunciations to do in a candidate.

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I mean unless Boobio suddenly stages a comeback…

or Rupert tells me otherwise…

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Fair and balanced. lolololololololololololol

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Fire the copy editors!!